Cam
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Post by Cam on Feb 22, 2011 8:04:35 GMT
My friend wants me to start coding for android, anyone know what it's like?
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Jordan
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Post by Jordan on Feb 23, 2011 3:45:51 GMT
You need to know Java and be familiar with the Android API. I don't have an Android phone, but I don't think it would be very difficult. However, if you haven't done any object oriented programming before you may have a hard time understanding how it all works, especially since Java is completely object oriented (even the main method is a method of a class, but it's static). Here are some source code examples. Just click on the "/src" link and follow the links until you see .java files. You'll notice that you basically just have to override the virtual functions defined in the API. |
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Post by xcessive on Feb 24, 2011 1:50:38 GMT
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Post by Cam on Feb 24, 2011 7:19:47 GMT
The android thing to make the apps is free and the Apple one isn't. It will be a good start I suppose, get some skills.
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Post by hbk on Feb 24, 2011 7:49:58 GMT
I have an Android phone.
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Post by NapalM on Feb 25, 2011 18:52:33 GMT
yeah i was going to post phone gap too, or, Do an WebView (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html) load a external page for the app.. For the making of the app, like the program, i suggest Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/), then what you need to do is download the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) just download the .zip version and export it into a place you will remember... Load everything into eclipse... and there you go your all started.. you can read more here developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-eclipse.html |
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Post by austin01 on Apr 3, 2011 20:48:01 GMT
I assume making applications for android is semi-hard if you don't know the language. Another note, Apples coding system is free however to release your applications publicly is not. You can try Corona SDK.
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Post by Nick on Apr 3, 2011 23:14:16 GMT
Is there a desktop based testing application? So you can run the apps on your desktop?
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Post by Bobby on Apr 5, 2011 16:01:45 GMT
I assume making applications for android is semi-hard if you don't know the language. Another note, Apples coding system is free however to release your applications publicly is not. You can try Corona SDK. The XCode IDE is free. So is the iPhone SDK. But a development license (to test on a physical phone instead of the integrated simulator) is not free. Nor is the ability to release applications to the market. Apple, like most other companies founded in proprietary software, likes to maintain dictatorship over what is released to the public. Android development falls under Google's typical approach to public affairs: free. There is no definitive IDE that you need to download; whatever you normally write Java in (for many it's Netbeans or Eclipse). Testing on a physical machine is free. And releasing to the market is, I believe, free. The only price being the 30% profits you give up for paid applications; 70% goes to the developer while 30% is distributed to the carrier(s). |
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